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ALLIED ASSOCIATIONS: A LIST OF MGA PA RTNERS
Midwest Golf Course Owners
Association, MGCOA
The Minnesota Section
of the PGA, MNPGA
The MGCOA represents privately owned
public and private golf courses. For more
information, contact Curt Walker, executive
director, via email at MWGCOA@aol.com.
The mission statement of the Minnesota
Section of the PGA of America is to establish
itself as a viable, valuable and visible
organization to the golf community. For more
information, contact Jon Tollette, executive
director, at 763-754-0820, or go to
minnesotapga.com.
Minnesota Golf Course
Superintendents Association, MGCSA
The objective of the MGCSA is to advance
the art and science of golf course
management. For more information, contact
Jack MacKenzie at 651-324-8873.
The CMAA, Upper Midwest Chapter
The CMAA is the professional association
for managers of private membership clubs.
It promotes friendly relations among people
connected with the management of
clubs and other associations of similar
character. For more information, contact
Rollie Carlson at 320-253-1331.
Trans-Mississippi Golf Association
Founded in 1900, the Trans-Mississippi
Golf Association is one of the oldest and
most prestigious golf organizations in the
United States. For more information,
contact the Kansas Golf Association at
785-842-0155.
The First Tee
The First Tee was established to impact
the lives of young people around the world
by creating affordable and accessible
golf facilities to primarily serve those not
previously exposed to the game and its
positive values. For more information, go to
thefi rsttee.org.
SARAH
BURNHAM
Burnham Named Big
Ten Player of the Year
Two days after leading the Michigan
State University women's golf team to
the Big Ten Conference championship,
former Wayzata High School standout,
Sarah Burnham, was named the 2017
Big Ten Women's Player of the Year.
On April 23, the junior fi nished as
runner-up at the Big Ten Championship
following a school and tournament record
9-under-par 63 during the second
round, just one shot behind the University
of Michigan's Elodie Van Dievoet.
Burnham's scoring average of 72.17
Minnesota Public Golf
Association, MPGA
The purpose of the MPGA is to both promote
interest in the sport and to conserve the
true spirit of the game of golf. For more
information, contact Jim Overocker, public
golf manager, at 651-452-6394 or jogolf@
comcast.net, or go to mpga.net.
Explore Minnesota
Golf Alliance, EMGA
The EMGA is a rapidly growing statewide
organization that promotes the Minnesota
golf experience to those outside of the
state. For more information, contact Steve
Dowling, executive director, at
612-860-8538.
The Fairway Foundation
The Fairway Foundation uses the game
of golf to teach lifetime values and skills
to youth who would not otherwise have
an opportunity to be exposed to the game.
For more information, call Erick Goodlow at
763-226-1636.
Minnesota Evans Scholars
Sending deserving young men and
women caddies to college for more than
50 years. For more information, contact
the MGA at 952-345-3969 or visit
wgaesf.org.
will likely break the previous record
(72.42), which she set a year ago as a
sophomore. Notching a pair of runnerup
fi nishes during the 2016-17 season,
Burnham is the fourth Spartan to earn
Player of the Year honors, and just the
second Minnesotan since Kate Hughes
in 1989 (Nancy Harris won the Big Ten
Medal of Honor in 1984, and Jocelyn
Smith won it the following season,
before the Big Ten Conference Player of
the Year honor was created).
During her sophomore season, BurnMidwest
Public Golf Managers
Association, MPGMA
The MPGMA promotes and enhances
the public golf experience through the
education and networking of its membership.
For more information, contact
Marlene Young at 320-309-7242.
Physically Limited Golfers
Association, PLGA
The PLGA is an organization that provides
camaraderie and competitive events for
golfers with disabilities. For more information,
contact John Ross, president,
at 763-479-6419.
ham earned seven top-10 fi nishes and
claimed her fi rst two collegiate victories,
advancing to the NCAA Tournament as
an individual.
A two-time Minnesota Golf AssociaThe
Ladies Professional Golf
Association, LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association
encompasses both the LPGA Tour and
the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals.
For more than 50 years, it has grown to
include programs intended to advance
golfers with an emphasis on women's
and youth golf. For more information,
contact Nora McGuire at 651-698-4218,
or go to lpga.com.
Minnesota Minority Junior Golf
Association, MMJGA
The MMJGA sponsors a Caddie Program,
which gives young people a chance to
discover golf and earn income at the same
time. Teens in the program learn how to
play golf and are afforded an opportunity to
earn income, respect, confi dence and free
rounds of golf by working as caddies. Go to
mmjga.org or call 612-702-1406.
tion Women's Player of the Year and
three-time MGA Junior Girls' Player of
the Year, Burnham won three tournaments
during the 2016 season, including
a dominating eight-stroke victory at
the Women's State Amateur Championship
at Brackett's Crossing Country Club.
She has qualifi ed for three consecutive
U.S. Women's Amateur championships,
and in 2015 fulfi lled her lifelong
dream of playing in the U.S. Women's
Open by qualifying for the championship
at Lancaster Country Club in
Lancaster, Pa.
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